I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Brampton, ON) in Sept 2015
Interview
Called to a hiring event shortly after applying online. Leads to one of the lunch rooms where multiple managers were stationed interviewing candidates for the job. After interview was lead to a room and told I had the job and then shown a brief presentation regarding working at the facility that would eventually be expanded on during the orientation down the road.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some examples where you went above and beyond what was expected?
No interview at all, you go into the hiring center, take your drug test, fill out some preliminary paperwork, verify the building and schedule you want, your start date and that's it.
Not too bad pretty easy and straightforward, simple question surrounding handling and moving. Make sure you know basic safety rules as they will ask you, for example how do you carry heavy items.
Apply online, go to the on-site office for oral drug swab and ID picture. Start date is assigned once background check comes back. The actual start date will depend on how fast the check comes back but isn't normally delayed.